The US Patent System Is Killing Innovation

Here is effectively the same story from other sources:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2879813

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2847452

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2840892

No comments on those submissions, but you might be interested to see how so many publications are jumping on the same bandwagon.